Dynamics of hairpin vortices and polymer-induced turbulent drag reduction

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Kim, Kyoungyoun ^a   Adrian, Ronald J ^a   Balachandar, S ^b   Sureshkumar, R ^c  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

COHERENT STRUCTURES; HAIRPIN VORTICES; TURBULENT SKIN FRICTION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 41749096099     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.134504     Document Type: Article

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